Hans Christopher Hersleb
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Hans Christopher Hersleb (11 June 1722 – 22 February 1788) was a Danish juris who served as burgermaster in Copenhagen from 1754 to 1788, with a short interruption in 1771–1772 when Johann Friedrich Struensee had Copenhagen's Magistracy removed.
Hersleb was born on 11 June 1722 in Copenhagen, the son of Peder Hersleb (1689–1757) and Bodild Hiort (1690–1767).[1] His father served as priest at Frederiksborg Castle and vicar in Hillerod and Roskilde and from 1725 as priest at the royal court in Copenhagen. Hersleb matriculated from the Pædagogiet in Halle in 1730. In 1740, he enrolled at the University of Copenhagen. He studied theology and later law.[1]
He had one brother and four sisters of whom one sister did not survive childhood. The brother Peder Hersleb (1730–1765) was a Lutheran minister. Their eldest sister Frederikke Louise Pedersdatter Hersleb (1720–1780) was married to Bishop of Roskilde Ludvig Harboe.[2] The sister Petronelle Helene Hersleb (1724–1778) was married to Supreme Court justice Andreas Jacobsen Graah (1701–1780). The sister Bolette Sophie Hersleb (1728–1765) was married to the civil servant and director of Vejsenhuset Peter Jensen Aagaard (1718–1789).[3]